† squam Obs. rare.
Also 7 squamm.
[ad. L. squāma: see next and cf. squame.]
A scale.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 12 Therefore burnt, together with the floures, rust, and squamms it's kept by apothecaries to dry and bind. 1729 Evelyn's Sylva ii. iii. 118 The Kernels and Nuts, which may be gotten out of their..Cones, clogs, and squams by exposing them to the sun. |